See who exhibited at the show

National Dahlia Society Annual Show: 4 – 9 September 2018

The Marquee was a riot of colour, with more than 100 competitive classes featuring many thousands of dahlias from tiny pompoms to huge giants. Saturday and Sunday also showcased a fascinating dark-leaved dahlia display, baskets and artistic presentations using cut dahlias as well as the popular People’s Dahlia Competition.
There was a sale of cut blooms on Tuesday 4 Sept at 12noon and Sunday 9 Sept at 3.30pm, with all proceeds going to charity.

My best garden Dahlia competition: 8 & 9 September

Those with green fingers and a competitive streak could enter the 'My Best Garden Dahlia' competition. Keen growers brought along a single stem of any type of dahlia that they had grown to the Dahlia Marquee by noon. The stems were judged by a panel of experts and first, second and third prizes were at 3pm each day.

Surrey NAFAS Floral Display

The Surrey area of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS) exhibited more than 100 stunning floral art creations under the theme ‘Something in the Air’, a collection of entries around the theme of the sky.

Expert Zone

Throughout the show there were a number of talks and demos in our Expert Zone. These included demonstrations from Jonathan Moseley, the National Dahlia Society and NAFAS, plus talks from some of our exhibitors.

The British Flower Bus

Jonathan Moseley leads a nationwide campaign to promote commercial British Flower growing and highlight the 12-month availability of British-grown flowers.

In the British Flower Bus, Jonathan demonstrated floral designs and visitors got hands-on creating fabulous British floral displays with seasonal favourites such as scabious, cornflowers, nigella and sweet peas.

Catering during the show

You could make your day out to the Wisley Flower Show extra special with a set two-course lunch in the Terrace Room which included tea or coffee